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Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies responding to a burglary alarm west of Lake Worth on Wednesday found three pipe bombs inside the home.

The alarm sounded at a home on Woods Walk Boulevard at 11:14 a.m., Sheriff's Office spokesman Eric Davis said.

When deputies arrived, they found the house had been broken into, Davis said.

As they checked the house, they found three pipe bombs and called in the bomb squad to dismantle the devices, according to authorities.

No one was home and investigators were examining the scene, Davis said.

South Florida

Firefighters contain 50 percent of blazes

Firefighters Wednesday had effectively staunched the Mustang Corner fire in Everglades National Park, especially a stubborn outbreak near the park's northeastern corner that had threatened urban areas and forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 state and federal prisoners.

Bridget Litten, with the management team coordinating firefighting efforts, said the blaze, which has consumed 39,000 acres, is 50 percent contained.

Firefighters stopped the advance of the northeastern part of the blaze. "It's no longer a problem," Litten said.

Prisoners from the Everglades Correctional Institution and detainees from Krome Detention Center have not yet been returned to those facilities.

Winds could shift from the east today, Litten said, and officials will monitor the blaze to see how those winds affect it.